Where does “seksuaalivietti” come from?

seksuaalivietti (Finnish) comes from Finnish seksuaalinen, from Latin sexuālis, from Latin sexus, from Proto-Italic seksus, from Proto-Indo-European séksus, from Proto-Indo-European sek- — to cut, cut off, sever.

seksuaalivietti (Finnish): sex drive, sexual urge(s), libido

Definitions

  1. sex drive, sexual urge(s), libido

Ancestry of “seksuaalivietti”, step by step

seksuaalivietti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish seksuaalinen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishseksuaalinensexual
2Latinsexuālissexual
3Latinsexusdivision; sex; gender
4Proto-Italicseksus—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanséksus—
6Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever

via Finnish vietti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishviettiinstinct; urge; drive
2Finnishviettää"viettää aikaa": to spend time, pass the time;...
3Finnish-ttaaForms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs...
4Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
5Proto-Uralic-kta-—
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